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Avenida Sete de Setembro

September Seven Avenue colloquially known as Seven Avenue is an important road in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

Avenida Sete de Setembro
Avenida Sete de Setembro · Eugenio Hansen, OFS
The place

September Seven Avenue colloquially known as Seven Avenue is an important road in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. It starts at the Farol da Barra, Barra (Neighborhood), and ends at Castro Alves Square, Historic Centre.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Avenida Sete de Setembro

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Federal University of Bahia

    The Federal University of Bahia is a public university located mainly in the city of Salvador. It is the largest university in the state of Bahia.

    1.2 km · federal public university in Salvador, Bahia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Instituto Federal da Bahia

    The Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Bahia, in english: Bahia Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology, is a Brazilian institution that offers higher and vocational education, having a multi-curricular structure with greater emphasis on science, tech and engineering courses. The Institute has many campuses at the Brazilian state of Bahia, each one of those offering professional and technological education in different sub-fields of knowledge.

    2.8 km · university in Salvador, Brazil · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Arena Fonte Nova

    The Casa de Apostas Arena Fonte Nova is a football-specific stadium located in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil with a maximum capacity of 47,902 people. The stadium was built in place of the older Estádio Fonte Nova.

    1.3 km · football stadium in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Cathedral of Salvador

    The Cathedral Basilica of Salvador, officially dedicated to the Transfiguration of Christ and named Primatial Cathedral Basilica of the Transfiguration of the Lord is the seat of the Archbishop of the city of Salvador, in the State of Bahia, in Brazil. The Archbishop of Salvador is also ex officio Primate of Brazil.

    1.3 km · church in Salvador, Bahia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Historic Centre of Salvador da Bahia

    The Historic Center or Centre of Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, also known as the Pelourinho or Pelô, is a historic neighborhood in western Salvador, Bahia. It was the city's center during the Portuguese colonial period and was named for the whipping post in its central plaza where enslaved people from Africa were publicly beaten as punishment for alleged infractions.

    2.5 km · World Heritage Site in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Farol da Barra

    The Barra Lighthouse also known as the Santo Antônio Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. It is located at the tip of the Padrão, now the Point of Santo Antônio, to the extreme south of Salvador, at the entrance of the Bay of All Saints.

    3.6 km · lighthouse in Bahia, Brazil · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    São Francisco Church and Convent

    The São Francisco Church and Convent is located in the Historic Center of Salvador, in the State of Bahia, Brazil. The ornate Church of the Third Order of Saint Francis sits adjacent to the convent.

    1.2 km · church and convent in Salvador, Brazil · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Bahia Museum of Art

    The Bahia Museum of Art is a museum located in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. This museum is one of the oldest museums in the State of Bahia.

    1.6 km · art museum in Salvador, Bahia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Porto da Barra Beach

    Porto da Barra Beach is located in Barra neighborhood in the city of Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil. It is located at the entrance of the Baía de Todos os Santos, is 300 metres, and ranges between numerous Portuguese colonial-period military fortifications.

    3 km · Beach in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    São Marcelo Fort

    São Marcelo Fort, also known as Forte de Nossa Senhora do Pópulo e São Marcelo or Forte do Mar, is located in Salvador in Bahia, Brazil. It is located in small bit of land off the coast in the Baía de Todos os Santos.

    1.5 km · well listed by the Institute of Artistic and Cultural Heritage of Bahia in the city of Salvador, Bahia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Avenida Sete de Setembro

Airports
Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães (SSA), 22 km
Stations
Port of Salvador, 2.8 km
  • Porto Seguro → Avenida Sete de Setembro
    119 km · quickest by road, 4h 47m · R$65–85
  • Maceió → Avenida Sete de Setembro
    114 km · quickest by road, 3h 23m · R$44–60
  • Recife → Avenida Sete de Setembro
    19 km · quickest by road, 41 min · R$7–9
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No local-transport research exists yet for Avenida Sete de Setembro

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Avenida Sete de Setembro. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inTo the ferry-boat terminal (to Itaparica), take the subway to Acesso Norte Station (Line 1 and 2) and then a bus towards São Joaquim.
  • Get inA third option would be the executive air-conditioned minibuses which depart every 20 minutes to the Praça da Sé, in downtown near Pelourinho via the seaside, stopping at famous beaches like Ondina, Pituba, Amaralina and Itapuã, and Barra as well as stopping by Shopping Barra--an American-style shopping mall located not too far from the Farol da Barra The fare for these buses is R$4.
  • Get aroundTo get between the upper and lower sections, take the Elevador Lacerda or the cable car, remember to take small change as the fare is just R$0.15.
  • Get aroundExecutive taxis (white and blue) don't have meters, and the prices are on a table, it's more expensive than city taxis, but they are much more comfortable, they are in stops in the main shopping malls, the airport, bus station, ferry-boat station and big hotels.

From Wikivoyage: Salvador, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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Around it

Next door to Avenida Sete de Setembro

Avenida Sete de Setembro is 3 km from Salvador, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Salvadormunicipality of Bahia state, Brazil2.5 km
  • Graçaneighborhood in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil2 km
  • Liberdadeneighborhood in Salvador, Brazil3.9 km
  • Vitórianeighborhood in Salvador2 km